ISOLATION OF HTLV-III/LAV FROM CERVICAL SECRETIONS OF WOMEN AT RISK FOR AIDS
The LancetPublished 1 March 1986
M Vogt, D E Craven, DavidF. Crawford, DavidJ. Witt, Roy Byington, RobertT. Schooley
Citations240
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score12.11
SNIP22.72
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Cervical secretions from 14 women seropositive for HTLV-III/LAV were obtained between days 7 and 21 of the menstrual cycle and cultured for virus.
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Cervical secretions from 14 women seropositive for HTLV-III/LAV were obtained between days 7 and 21 of the menstrual cycle and cultured for virus. HTLV-III/LAV was isolated from cervical secretions in 4 of 14 women, as well as from blood of 7 of 13 women tested. Female genital secretions may therefore be a source for sexual transmission of the virus to men.
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